Liz Writes Life: Klamath farmers are frustrated, up against a wall
Liz Writes Life: Klamath farmers are frustrated, up against a wall Liz Bowen Liz Writes Life Frustrations are mounting in our neighboring Klamath Basin regarding the huge reduction of irrigation water that the government decreed 1,200 farms will receive in the Klamath Project. Last week, the federal Bureau of Reclamation announced that the Klamath Project will receive about six percent of its needed irrigation water for more than 220,000 acres in the Project. Nope, not enough! That hurts a lot of farmers and also means six wildlife refuges will lose water that gives life to 433 species, inclu...